Monday, May 13, 2013

This Martyr contested in 141 in Trajanopolis of Thrace,
during the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius. At a heathen festival,
when Sabine the Governor of Trajanopolis was offering sacrifice, Saint
Glyceria entered the temple and declared herself to be a handmaid of
Christ. Sabine commanded her to sacrifice. She went to the statue of
Zeus and overturned it, dashing it to pieces. She was subjected to many
horrible tortures, and finally was cast to wild beasts; bitten once by
one of them, she gave up her soul into the hands of God.

Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone

O Lord Jesus, unto Thee Thy lamb doth cry with a great voice: O
my Bridegroom, Thee I love; and seeking Thee, I now contest, and with
Thy baptism am crucified and buried. I suffer for Thy sake, that I may
reign with Thee; for Thy sake I die, that I may live in Thee: accept me
offered out of longing to Thee as a spotless sacrifice. Lord, save our
souls through her intercessions, since Thou art great in mercy.

Kontakion in the Third Tone

Loving Mary ardently, the Theotokos and Virgin, thou didst keep
thy maidenhood all uncorrupted and spotless; smitten in thy heart with
longing for thy divine Lord, thou didst strive even to death with
courageous valour. O Glyceria, for this cause, Christ God doth crown
thee with an august twofold crown.